This is a vintage scarce country 10" 33 1/3 rpm lp record by the great Hank Williams titled "Memorial Album". This lp is on the MGM record label #E 202 and was released in 1953. Condition of the record is very good with clean labels and the cover is also very good. There is a 2" split along the bottom center. There is a name and the date this was bought along the top left edge of the back cover. This is a very nice and rare record to add to your collection! Please see 2 photos! This will be sent insured for US shipping. We send out items within 5 business days after cleared payment. Satisfaction guaranteed on all items we sell! Any items returned, must be in original as shipped condition! We except international bids and paypal. Thanks! Colleen & Gus

James Edward "Eddie" Saunders (ca. 1950 - 1959) was the first African-American disc jockey in the central Ohio area. His career with WVKO radio, Columbus first and only African-American radio station, began in 1948.

Saunders was born in Covington, Kentucky, in 1909. He graduated from Garnett High School in Charleston, West Virginia, and attended West Virginia State University and Wanzer Vocal School. After graduation he toured the country as a gospel singer with the Kings of Harmony and in 1937 moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he formed his own group, the Gospel Trumpets.

Saunders joined radio station WHKC (later WTVN) in 1944 and inaugurated programs titled "Helping Hand" and "Swanee Hour." He became central Ohio's first black disc jockey when he hosted "Chatter Platter" on WRFD radio in 1947. In 1948 he joined radio station WVKO, Columbus's first and only black station. Saunders continued to play gospel music but also programmed rhythm and blues, the first disc jockey to do so in the area. He worked at WVKO until 1979 when he became semi-retired, hosting only one radio program on Sunday mornings. Active within the Columbus community Saunders has received honors from the National Urban League, the Ohio General Assembly, the Columbus City Council, and other organizations.

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